Baron’s Haugh
 

Sunday
18th April
 

Booking opens
8th April

Walk:

Baron’s Haugh & Cambusnethan

Dist. Km (Mi)
13 (8)

Climb M (Ft)
200 (650)

Grade
B

OS Map
64

Sunday Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Point: Baron’s Haugh Nature Reserve car park, Manse Road, Motherwell

Meeting Time:

9.30 am

Walk Description:
This is a circular walk around Baron’s Haugh Nature reserve and along the Clyde Valley. Follows local paths, the Clyde Walkway and the banks of River Clyde. It also passes Cambusnethan Priory. There is a combination of good surfaces and muddy stretches.

Baron’s Haugh
 

Wednesday
21st April

Booking opens
8th April

Walk:

Baron’s Haugh & Dalziel Estate

Dist. Km (Mi)
10 (6.5)

Climb M (Ft)
150 (500)

Grade
C

OS Map
64

Wednesday Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Point: Baron’s Haugh Nature Reserve car park, Manse Road, Motherwell

Meeting Time:

9.30 am

Walk Description:
This is a circular walk around Baron’s Haugh Nature reserve and along the Clyde Valley. Follows local paths and the Clyde Walkway. There is a combination of good surfaces and muddy stretches.

South Calder Water
 

Sunday
2nd May

Booking opens
22nd April

Walk:

Cleland & South Calder Water

Dist. Km (Mi)
10 (6.5)

Climb M (Ft)
150 (500)

Grade
C

OS Map
64

Sunday Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Point: Outside St Mary's Church, Cleland
Sat Nav post code: ML1 5QX

Meeting Time:

9.30 am

Walk Description:
Walking on a combination of quiet minor roads and good paths that may contain some muddy sections. The route goes through the valley of the South Calder Water and passing the Ravenscraig Plantation before returning back along the South Calder Water valley to the return of the walk.

Sunday
18th April
and
 Wednesday
21st April

Booking opens
8th April

Crossford Walks
 

Walk:

Crossford Circle

Dist. Km (Mi)
16 (10)

Climb M (Ft)
375 (1240)

Grade
B

OS Map
64

Sunday Leader:

Advised when booking

Wednesday Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Point: Clyde Valley Family Park car park. Located off B7056 near Crossford. Sat Nav post code: ML8 5NJ

Meeting Time:

10.15 am

Walk Description:
Circular walk along the Clyde Valley starting and finishing from the Clyde Valley Family Park car park. The route takes in the Clyde Walkway path, local paths minor roads and a dismantled railway line. It passes Mauldslie Bridge, Rosebank, Netherburn and Craignethan castle in its circuit. There is a mixture of good surfaces and some muddy stretches on the paths and the railway line.

Walk:

Crossford & back via Nemphlar

Dist. Km (Mi)
14 (8.5)

Climb M (Ft)
260 (850)

Grade
C

OS Map
64

Sunday Leader:

Advised when booking

Wednesday Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Point: Clyde Valley Family Park car park. Located off B7056 near Crossford. Sat Nav post code: ML8 5NJ

Meeting Time:

10.30 am

Walk Description:
This walk is an out and back route on the Clyde Walkway with a loop around Nemphlar and Kirkfieldbank, starting and finishing from the Clyde Valley Family Park car park. The route takes in the Clyde Walkway path, local paths and minor roads.  There is a mixture of good surfaces and some muddy stretches on the paths.

Sunday
2nd May
and
Wednesday
5th May

Booking opens
22nd April

Whitelee Wind Farm from South Lanarkshire Entrance
 

Walk:

Wind Farm - Short Route

Dist. Km (Mi)
11 (7)

Climb M (Ft)
160 (525)

Grade
C

OS Map
64 & 71

Sunday Leader:

Advised when booking

Wednesday Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Point: Sainsbury’s (Strathaven),  ML10 6BA, (off A71). Then drive in convoy to start of walk.

Meeting Time:

9.30 am

Walk Description:
Walk along the tracks of the lesser known area of the wind farm, well away from the crowds often found at the main entrance. Good wide tracks throughout this walk, making social distancing easy to maintain

Sunday
9th May




Booking opens
29th April

Whitelee Wind Farm from South Lanarkshire Entrance
 

Walk:

Wind Farm - Long Route

Dist. Km (Mi)
14.5 (9)

Climb M (Ft)
210 (700)

Grade
B

OS Map
64 & 71

Sunday Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Point: Sainsbury’s (Strathaven),  ML10 6BA, (off A71). Then drive in convoy to start of walk.

Meeting Time:

9.30 am

Walk Description:
 Walk along the tracks of the lesser known area of the wind farm, well away from the crowds often found at the main entrance. Good wide tracks throughout this walk, making social distancing easy to maintain

Sunday
16th May

Booking opens
6th May

Scottish Borders
 

Walk:

Peebles & back via White Meldon

Dist. Km (Mi)
12 (7.5)

Climb M (Ft)
430 (1400)

Grade
B

OS Map
73

Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Time:

10.00am

Meeting Point: Kingsmeadow carpark (next to River Tweed), Peebles, EH45 9EW

Walk Description:

The route passes along paths, landrover tracks and involves some road walking too. Some sections may be muddy and there are some boggy sections too. From the carpark, the route follows the banks of the Tweed, until a foot bridge is reached. After crossing the footbridge, the path continues and eventually crosses the A72. A track continues uphill until Upper Kidston is reached. At this point a diversion is taken, to climb White Meldon and  returns before continuing, to join the Cross Borders Road. The cross Borders Road is followed to return to Peebles, at the carpark where the walk started.

Walk:

Peebles & back via Shieldgree

Dist. Km (Mi)
10 (6.5)

Climb M (Ft)
275 (900)

Grade
C+

OS Map
73

Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Time:

10.00am

Meeting Point: Kingsmeadow carpark (next to River Tweed), Peebles, EH45 9EW

Walk Description::

Most of the walk will be on good forestry tracks and footpaths, there may be some muddy sections after prolonged rain. From the car park, the route crosses the Tweed and continues until Eddleston Water is reached. A path follows Eddleston water until A703 is reached. After crossing the A703, a path leading uphill past Ven Law is joined. The path eventually reaches Shieldgreen Centre. A track going down hill towards Peebles and A72 following Smoonhope Burn is joined. A72 is joined at the Tweed and the track follows the Tweed until teaching the car park where the walk started.

Sunday
30th May

Booking opens
20th May

Moffatdale
 

Walk:

Moffat & back via Hartfell Spa

Dist. Km (Mi)
17 (10.5)

Climb M (Ft)
500 (1650)

Grade
B

OS Map
78

Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Time:

10.00am

Meeting Point: Glebe Carpark, Moffat, DG10 9ER. On entrance to Moffat

Walk Description::

The walk starts by joining the Annandale Way footpath, which is followed upstream beside the River Annan, to reach a minor road which is followed up Annandale, to reach Annan Water Hall. After passing the hall, the road is left at a signpost for the Spa and a path beside the Auchenchat Burn is now followed, to reach the site of the Spa. The path is now retraced for a short distance and the burn is crossed, to climb out of the gulley. The hillside is now traversed, heading southwards to reach Greygill Head, where the route now descends, to reach a minor road at Archbank. The road is now followed, to the finish in Moffat.

Walk:

Moffat circular

Dist. Km (Mi)
10 (6.5)

Climb M (Ft)
200 (650)

Grade
C

OS Map
78

Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Time:

10.00am

Meeting Point: Glebe Carpark, Moffat, DG10 9ER. On entrance to Moffat

Walk Description::

The car park is exited and the Annandale Way is joined on a footpath beside the River Annan, which is now followed  to reach the minor road, which goes up Annandale. The road is now followed, to return to Moffat at the A701 junction.  A local path, which starts from a side street, is now followed through Gallow woods, to Gallow Hill, where a track leads to a minor road at Archbank. The route continues, now heading south westwards on a waymarked path, crossing fields and the houses at Alton and Frenchland, to meet the A708 road, on the eastern edge of Moffat. The road is followed to the finish in Moffat.

Sunday
13th June

Booking opens
3rd June

Ochil Hills
 

Walk:

Tillicoultry & back via Ben Ever

Dist. Km (Mi)
14 (18.5)

Climb M (Ft)
670 (2200)

Grade
B+

OS Map
58

Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Time:

10.00am

Meeting Point: Sterling Mills Outlet, Moss Road, Tillicoultry, FK13 6HQ

Walk Description:

From the car park there is some road walking through the village, until the Tillicoultry burn is reached at Upper Mill Street. At the end of Upper Mill Street, a path to the left passes the edge of a disused quarry and Ochil Hills Woodland Park. When Silver Glen is reached, the route then follows the Silver Burn steeply up hill, eventually reaching Ben Ever at a height of 2040ft (622M). The same route is followed back to the car park at Sterling Mills Outlet.

Walk:

Tillicoultry circ. via Gartmorn Dam

Dist. Km (Mi)
12 (7.5)

Climb M (Ft)
150 (500)

Grade
C

OS Map
58

Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Time:

10.00am

Meeting Point: Sterling Mills Outlet, Moss Road, Tillicoultry, FK13 6HQ

Walk Description::

From the car park, take a left turn, then another left turn to join a disused railway line, eventually crossing the River Devon. The route continues along the disused railway line until Fairfield is reached. After a left turn, the route continues along Gartmorn Road, to reach Gartmorn Country Park. The route follows paths alongside the Reservoir, through woodland and exiting at Coalsnaughton. The remainder of the route follows various roads to return to the car park at Sterling Mills outlet.

Sunday
27th June

Booking opens
17th June

Pentland Hills
 

Walk:

West Linton - Cauldstane Slap & back

Dist. Km (Mi)
14.5 (9)

Climb M (Ft)
320 (1050)

Grade
B

OS Map
58

Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Time:

10.00am

Meeting Point: Junction of Main Street & Station Road, West Linton. Nr. Olde Toll Tea House, EH46 7EE

Walk Description:::

Starting in West Linton from outside the Olde Toll Tea House, the route follows a path to the A702. After crossing the A702 the route follows a path up the gorge of the Lyne Water, eventually joining the Cross Borders Drove Road. A path near Baddingsgill House, leading to the dam of Baddingsgill Reservoir is taken. After crossing the dam, the Cross Borders Drove Road is re-joined. At the junction for “Little Hill”, an about turn is taken, to follow the Cross Borders Drove Road back to the starting point in West Linton.

Walk:

West Linton & back via Carlops

Dist. Km (Mi)
10 (6.5)

Climb M (Ft)
180 (600)

Grade
C

OS Map
58

Leader:

Advised when booking

Meeting Time:

10.00am

Meeting Point: Junction of Main Street & Station Road, West Linton. Nr. Olde Toll Tea House, EH46 7EE

Walk Description::

Starting in West Linton, from outside the Olde Toll Tea House, the route follows the Cross Borders Drove Road to the A702. After crossing the A702 the route continues to follow the Cross Borders Drove Road, eventually joining the route of a Roman Road leading to Carlops. The route joins the A702 in Carlops. A left turn is taken before reaching Carlops Burn. The track loops back to the Roman Road, to head back to West Linton. Instead of re-joining the Cross Borders Drove Road, the route continues on the Roman Road, crossing the Lyne Water. When Medwyn Road is reached, the route takes a left turn and follows the road, until the A702 is reached. After crossing the A702, the route follows a path back to the starting point.